rinky-dinky

Adjective

rinky-dink

1. (US, informal) Of poor quality; amateurish, shoddy, small-time.
   • That rinky-dink shelf is likely to collapse if you fill it with books.

   Synonyms:

   ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheap, cheap and nasty, cheapshit

2. (US, informal) Old-fashioned, tired; also, shabby, worn-out.

   Synonyms:

   basic, cheugy, cringe, cringey, cringeworthy, dated, démodé, elderly, fossilized, inelegant

   Antonyms:

   a la mode/à la mode, all the rage, chic, sassy, cool, dapper, done, elegant, fashionable, groovy

3. (US, informal) Crooked, dishonest, underhanded.
   • When NBC licensed his reruns to the Arts & Entertainment cable network without consulting him, he was incensed. "It was a rinky-dink deal," says a source.1992, Newsweek - Volume 120, page 55

   Antonyms:

   earnest, fair dinkum, forthright, downright, upfront, foursquare, frank, genuine, up-front, honest

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